Along with France's Emmanuel Macron and Italy's Mario Draghi, Scholz is making his first trip to Ukraine since the Russian invasion. Follow DW for the latest.
Gerhard Schröder has attracted criticism and lost perks over his close ties to Russian state gas companies. He has now rejected a nomination to a supervisory role on the board of Gazprom.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy believes a diplomatic solution is still possible, despite stalled negotiations with Moscow. Meanwhile, Russia has stopped gas deliveries to Finland.